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Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Life on a boat: People living in the middle of the ocean Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:26 am | |
| Paul and Susie Willison are living the dream on board their 45-foot catamaran, Queimarla (an Indigenous word meaning “big girl”). They moved onto the boat two years ago with their daughters, now aged 11 and eight.
They both share a love of the ocean and grew up around boats. “To live on the boat was always our aim,” says 44-year-old Susie. “We just took the leap a couple of years ago. It seemed like the right time to go and do it.”
The family spend summer anchored in Geographe Bay, south-west of Perth. When the weather cools, they start the 1500-kilometre journey to their wintering grounds – the Montebello Islands, 220 kilometres north-east of Exmouth. Along the way, they stop intermittently near towns, doing day trips in to work – Susie as a rural GP and Paul relief teaching. They don’t plan jobs too far in advance, because this would necessitate sailing to tighter deadlines and therefore risking harsh weather.
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